common ginger

Also known as: Canton ginger; East Indian ginger; ginger; Jamaica ginger; red ginger; stem ginger; ginger root

grows to 1m, with lance-shaped leaves to 20cm long, narrowed to a fine point. Flowers are borne in a dense, elliptic spike on a stalk about 25cm above the rhizome, the large oblong-ovate lips, purple with yellow spots and stripes, emerging from yellowish-green bracts

Scientific classification

Species: common ginger (Zingiber officinale)
Genus: Zingiber
Family: Zingiberaceae

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Toxicity: Conservatory Greenhouse · Herbaceous Perennial
Plant type: 0.5-1 metres
Height: 0.1-0.5 metres
Spread: Deciduous
Foliage: Columnar upright
Habit: Spring · Summer · Autumn
Season of interest: Full sun · Partial shade
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Distribution of common ginger

Distribution map

Tropical Asia

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Culture

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Toxicity

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Quick identification of common ginger

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common ginger care guide

Moderate regular watering, avoid prolonged drought or waterlogging
Watering: Full sun · Partial shade
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Ideal temperature

Watering

Moderate regular watering, avoid prolonged drought or waterlogging

Fertilizing

Balanced feed in spring and light repeat in growth season

Pruning

Cut back old stems as they die back in the autumn

Propagation

From pieces of plump, fresh rhizome with well-developed growth buds, planted in well-drained, moisture retentive compost, in temperatures of 25-28C

Growing

Plant in rich, well-drained, moisture-retentive soil in filtered sunlight and high humidity, either directly in the border of a heated greenhouse, or in a container indoors

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